Sea Commands - Community Perception of Environment in a Portuguese Fishing Village

Azenha do Mar is a fishing community on the southwest coast of Portugal. It came into existence around forty years ago, as an outcome of the abandonment of work in the fields and of propitious ecological conditions. This book looks at the migration processes since the founding of the community and how they relate to the social inequalities for property and labour which prevail today. The book also reflects upon the personal experience of the ethnographer in the field balancing the importance of methodology on the one hand and fieldwork as a research process on the other.

List of contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. A Monographic Overview: Azenha Do Mar's Place in Space and Time

Chapter 2. Archaeology of a Thought: Maritime Anthropology, Sea and  Perception of the Environment

Chapter 3. Fishing, Everyday Life and Relationships

Chapter 4. Personal Experience and Fieldwork

Chapter 5. 'Camones' and 'Natives': Tourists and Self-Consciousness

Chapter 6. Community: Residence, Identity and Environment

Conclusion

References

Index

About the author

Paulo Mendes is a researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA), ISCTE-IUL, Portugal.

Summary

Azenha do Mar is a fishing community on the southwest coast of Portugal. It came into existence around forty years ago, as an outcome of the abandonment of work in the fields and of propitious ecological conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Paulo Mendes, Mendes Paulo
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781789209112
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-911-2
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: EASA Series; Easa
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Rural communities, Social and cultural anthropology, Fisheries & Related Industries, Fisheries and related industries, Rural communities / rural life